An edition of The historical geography of the Holy Land: especially in relation to the history of Israel and of the early church
(1895)
The historical geography of the Holy Land
especially in relation to the history of Israel and of the early church
by Sir George Adam Smith
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PREFACE, vii
LIST OF PLATES xxiv
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, xxv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, Etc., xxvii
Book I. — THE LAND AS A WHOLE
I. The Place of Syria in the World's History, 1
1. The Relation of Syria to Arabia, 7
2. The Relation of Syria to the Three Continents, 11
3. Syria's Opportunity Westward, 21
4. The Religion of Syria, 28
II. The Form of the Land and its Historical Consequences, 43
III. The Climate and Fertility of the Land, with their Effects on its Religion, 61
1. The Climate, 61
2. The Fertility, 76
IV. The Scenery of the Land, with its Reflection in the Poetry of the Old Testament, 90
V. The Land and Questions of Faith, 105
VI. The View from Mount Ebal, 117
Book II.— WESTERN PALESTINE
VII. The Coast, 125
VIII. The Maritime Plain, 145
IX. The Philistines and their Cities, 167
X. The Shephelah, 199
XI. Early Christianity in the Shephelah, 237
XII. Judea and Samaria — The History of their Frontier, 245
XIII. The Borders and Bulwarks of Judea, 257
1. East : The Great Gulf with Jericho and Engedi— The Entrance of Israel, 261
2. The Southern Border ; The Negeb, 278
3. The Western Border : The Defiles, 286
4. The Northern Border : The Fortresses of Benjamin, 289
XIV. An Estimate of the Real Strength of Jud/Ea, 295
XV. The Character of Judaea, 303
XVI. Samaria, 321
XVII. The Strong Places of Samaria, 343
XVIII. The Question of Sychar, 365
XIX. Esdraelon, 377
XX. Galilee, 411
XXI. The Lake of Galilee, 437
XXII. The Jordan Valley, 465
XXIII. The Dead Sea, 497
Book III. — EASTERN PALESTINE
XXIV. Over Jordan : General Features, 517
XXV. The Names and Divisions of Eastern Palestine, 531
1. The Three Natural Divisions, 534
2. The Political Names and Divisions To-day, 535
3. In the Greek Times : the Time of Our Lord, 538
4. Under the Old Testament, 548
XXVI. MOAB AND THE COMING OF ISRAEL, 555
XXVII. Israel in Gilead and Bashan, 573
XXVIII. Greece over Jordan : The Decapous, 593
XXIX. Hauran and its Cities, 609
XXX. Damascus, 639
APPENDICES
I. Some Geographical Passages and Terms of the Old Testament, 651
II. Stade's Theory of Israel's Invasion of Western Palestine, 659
III. The Wars against Sihon and Og, 662
IV. The Bibliography of Eastern Palestine, 665
V. Roads and Wheeled Vehicles in Syria, 667
INDEX OF SUBJECTS, 683
INDEX OF AUTHORITIES, 698
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES, 703
LIST OF PLATES
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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